Shermetria Williams was set to graduate from Country Club Hills Tech and Trade Center on Tuesday morning, her family said. The man said his daughter worked at Lawrences Fish & Shrimp. Through Sunday, the district had 20 homicides, five fewer than the same period in 2020, Chicago police statistics show. The reality is our city is safe, and I stand by that.. pic.twitter.com/IjHZLn76BV. Chicago police officers responded. The first was around 2 a.m., when the ShotSpotter system alerted police to gunfire near the Morgan address, according to Police Supt. I cant believe this happened. A Chicago police officer was killed and another was seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday night on the South Side, officials said. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times As a 4-year-old girl recovered from a gunshot wound Wednesday, a relative told the Sun-Times the girl had been combing her doll's hair on the front stoop of a vacant building in Englewood when a stray bullet hit her. She told me yeah. Chicago police work at the scene of a mass shooting June 15, 2021, in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street in the Englewood neighborhood. I cannot picture life without her. This is the worst ever, said Price, whose voice quivered at times as he spoke of Tuesdays tragedy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The medical examiner's office has not yet confirmed those identities. Blake lived in the house where the attack occurred. Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. This includes directly interviewing sources and research / analysis of primary source documents. Her cousin, Shermetria Williams, had met a man less than two months ago when she attended one of his house parties. The 2-year-old girl taken to Comer for observation is his daughter, according to Tolberts sister, Michelle Tolbert. Police said the man was then taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. David Brown confirmed four people, three women and one man, were pronounced dead at the scene. Golden was shot and paralyzed in Beverly last year trying to break up a fight. The attack is the third mass shooting in Chicago in little over a week and came just hours after gunfire erupted at a party in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, killinga man and wounding two women. The witness told police they heard more gunshots around 5:45 a.m. Brown said he is waiting to confirm the events that took place after the 2 a.m. alert. / CBS Chicago. Police said there was an argument inside the home and someone fired shots. He did not say which victim or whether they were among the injured or killed. Chicago police said a shooting on 63rd Street in Englewood left one man dead and another wounded Tuesday morning. I love her to death," said a man who identified as the brother of one of the three women killed here, Denice Mathis. Thanks for subscribing to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Schools are surrounded by fencing and supervisors monitor those who enter and exit . Four men were wounded in three shootings on the South Side on Thursday, including a man who was shot in the chest during an argument in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. Updated: Feb 24, 2023 / 10:18 PM MST. Video of police shootout in Englewood shows driver firing point-blank at Chicago police officer Both the officer and the suspect were seriously wounded. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago,an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Got a story tip? According to family and friends who showed up at the scene today, a 32-year-old mother is among the four shot and killed this morning. Michelle Tolbert said her brother had a jovial barbershop personality and had studied to be an EMT before going to barber college. 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Anna Johnson, who lives on the block, owns a car that was also damaged by gunfire. The shooting happened early Tuesday in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street, but police are still trying to determine what happened. Mathis family said she was a devoted mother. No one is in custody and Area One detectives are investigating. She was texting me asking if I can take her shopping for graduation, Richmond said. how interested you are in the Fire, whose season begins Saturday against New York City FC at Soldier Field. It tells us that we still have much work to do in our mission to end gun violence here in Chicago and, in particular, to limit the access of individuals to illegal guns, Lightfoot said. She was a good girl none of these knuckleheads, the brother said. Wheres my baby?. "So what is being deployed or what is happening differently?". A group often meets at the house to hang out on the porch and smoke marijuana, she said. Lightfoot as she repeatedly has done decried lack of federal action aimed at eliminating opportunity for criminals, for children, to get access to illegal guns so that petty disputes turn into mass shooting events, as weve seen over and over and over again.. There were a lot of people putting up RIP posts, so I was worried, she said. Chicago rocked by night of looting and violence after police-involved shooting. There was no sign of forced entry, Brown said. She went by Niecy and was a mother of five children, according to the Sun-Times. Four other people were hospitalized. According to the Chicago police, shots were fired after an argument inside a residence in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street around 5:45 a.m. MASS SHOOTING IN ENGLEWOOD Eight people were shot, 4 fatally, during a gathering here this morning. Donovan Price, who regularly goes to shooting scenes to provide support for gun violence victims and their loved ones, said hes never seen anything like the last 10 days in the more than five years hes worked as a street pastor. The latest . But the street overall is a quiet one, he said. The last Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty was Ella French, 29, who was shot in August 2021 during a West Englewood traffic stop. "She was a good mama. Some of the victims of an Englwood mass shooting, which killed 4 people and injured 4 more, have been identified by officials and family. "What I'm concerned about is the fact that people lost their lives this morning. Stephanie Coleman, 16th, also responded to the scene. All she wanted to do was take care of her daughter and be successful in life, the father said. Mathis lived on the South Side, but the family didnt know what brought her to the gathering on South Morgan. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom. Demetrius Williams said he was at home inMaywood, putting on a shirt and tie for his daughter Shermetrias graduation when he heard she had been killed. His condition is unknown at this time. Market data provided by Factset. Waiting outside the emergency room entrance, Michelle Tolbert said she learned her brother had been shot from a Facebook post and feared the worst. Lightfoot bristled when asked how the steady stream of mass shootings might impact her efforts to reopen the city and encourage Chicagoans to come downtown to dine and shop and patronize the stores and restaurants in their own neighborhoods. The mayor said she spoke with several of her counterparts across the country regarding this weekends mass shooting in Austin, Texas, and she made a renewed plea for gun control, an argument she makes frequently as did her predecessors Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Richard M. Daley. Four people were shot and killed inside a home in the 6200 block of South Morgan in an incident that left four others wounded. This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). But there were 129 total shootings events in which at least one person was wounded or killed compared with 111 last year, a 16% increase, the Police Departments statistics through Sunday show. Kimfier Miles, 29, a mother of three, was out with a group of girlfriends whentwo men opened fire about 2 a.m. Saturday. This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). She knew the man who lived there and had talked to him the day before. She started calling him her man and regularly attended parties at his house, but Richmond said she didnt like that her cousin was always out with someone older. He was a good guy, said Hall, who now lives in Indiana. @cbschicago gathering more. Police tape outside a Chicago apartment building. Four others injured. a mother of five children, according to the Sun-Times, mass shooting in Chatham killed a young mother of three and left nine others wounded. All Rights Reserved. "We need the police, the community, everybody working together to really identify here trouble buildings and trouble gatherings," Butler said. She took care of everybody.. ENGLEWOOD Three shooters got out of an SUV in Englewood Thursday evening and sprayed bullets on a group of people, wounding seven including a teenage boy and a 1-month-old girl who was shot in the head, police said. Brown said Vsquez Lasso had five years on the force. My heart is sad now. Brown said a 2-year-old was in the home at the time of the shooting but was not hurt. Four other people were injured in the shooting and are being treated at local hospitals. She loves her daughter and her grandkids.. And I stand by that. The 18-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition, Brown said. The attack prompted Mayor Lori Lightfoot to say Chicago has joined a club of cities to which no one wants to belong: cities with mass shootings.. Why? A 2-year-old girl also was in the home during the shooting, police said. This is a tragic reminder of what our police officers do each and every day, laying their lives on the line for us. The man she was seeing is believed to be among those shot. second mass shooting Chicago has seen in the last four days. As you can imagine, they are taking this tragedy very, very hard, Brown said. I told him just to be careful out here. So then I texted her at eight, and I asked her if she had everything. Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered condolences to people whose lives were irreparably touched by what happened this morning.. Her cousin, Markeytia Richmond, said relatives were leaving for the ceremony when they received calls about the shooting. Oh, God. Jacqueline McBride is the daughter of the department's police union boss, Jamie McBride. They need our thanks, they need our support, they need to know that everyone in our city has their backs, Lightfoot said. Of the four surviving victims, there are three men and a woman. Family members identified two other victims as Denice Mathis and Blake Lee. Theyre shooting kids, Lawrence said. A 45-year-old man said his daughter remained in surgery as of 12:45 p.m. A man, 25, was shot in the back of the head and was at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and his condition had also stabilized. Police went to the home about 6 a.m. Four people were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Poles needs to make sure Eberflus maintains significant input. Williams' family said she was one of the eight people shot. Our people are getting killed. Despite that, Lightfoot characterized the city as safe. Those illegal guns cause deep pain and injury and death.. The slaying sent hundreds of officers and firefighters out to mourn and honor the officer, identified as Andrs Mauricio Vsquez Lasso, 32.